Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-07-22
FORTY-FIVE CENTS
The LByY FOR ALL SCHOOL PURPOSES THE
COMING YEAR.
Important Meeting Held BY the Bard Of EiacahOn
Las Evening" Difference Of OpimOn
in Richie District.

in Richie District.
The Board of Education met in regular
monthly session last evening in the rooms
of the Board, and although the weather
was hot, the business was drawn ont to
some length. All the members were Pres-
ent with the exception Of Whslly aud
Reed, and several important matters were
disposed OF. The levy for School, Build
ing and Library purposes will amount to
Is cents on the SlOO valuation the coming
wear, which is necessary to make up the
necessary amounts to be paid upon the
new school buildings in Washington and
Richie districts.
The biggest part of the latter end OF the
meeting was occupied by discussion re
sulting from two reports Of appointments
of teachers being handed in from Ritehle
district. The business transacted will be
found below:
The Committee on Accounts recommend
ed the payment bills amounting to s2O4.
which were ordered paid.
The Committee on Buildings and
Grounds reported that il had placed So
600 worth Of insurance on the annex
building in Richie Sub-District. The re-
mort stated that the Committee being salts
lied of the superior excellence OF the
Ruttan-Smead heating and ventilating Gp-
paratus, recommended that the Board have
the same placed in the Washington sub
district building at the bid oil
the company, which is $4,000,
and that the Chairman of the Committee
be authorized to sign the contract The
report recommended the payment of bills
amounting TO $l4; that OF five
awnings, two for the Clerks Office and
three for the Superintendent office, he
purchased and placed in position. The
Committee asked that authority he given
it 10 employ superintendent to represent
il at such times Us it may deem necessary
during the construction of the Washington
sub-district school building. The annex
to Richie sub-district school having been
completed to the satisfaction of the Com
mittee and architect, the Committee
recommended the payment TO J. A. Holli-
day K Son Sl2. $50 AZ, the cost of erect
ing said building, including all extra work
and omissions; that the bill of L. W.
Wells, architect, for 1895. ~, on account
of professional work rendered Oh said
building, be paid. That in view OF the
expressed intention OF Trimble & Lutz,
10 remove the radiators from the old Court
House property, which radiators belong to
them, unless they be purchased. the report
recommended their purchase for S69'4O.
Resolutions covering I'll the recommended
tions were adopted. after which the report
was adopted az a whole.
THE COMMITTEE on FINANCE
in it's report submitted list OF the estimG-
ted expenses Of the school, library and
building funds for the coming year. The
| total of expenses of the schools will amount
to $67, $40: OF the library. 81, TO. In
the building fund half of the
cost of Washington sub-diStrict build
ing. interest on deferred payments
and architects commission is $50, GOO: cost
of Richie sub-district annex, ST., $50 A;
architects commission for same, 1895 20;
total, 81, SO. 81.
To defray the $G7.57O expenses of
the school fund, the Board will receive
from the State Distributable School
Fund the sum OF SlG, S15.6s, and there is
now q balance OF about SG,6SS "a in the
treasury DeductiDg these amounts from
the total amount required, there remains
to be raised by levy the sum OF 81, OJG u.
The valuation of real and personal prop
erty ~ returned for city taxation Is about
ST.. 1872, 03}. Ii will be necessary TO levy
70 cents on each 800 valuation to produce
the necessary amount.
To produce the s., 725 required for the
library fund will require levy of three
cents on each 500 valuation.
To produce the So, S75.61 required fer
the building fund will require levy OF 10
cents on each 800 valuation.
The report also recommended, in view
of the fact that the payments on the annex
building in Richie sub-dlstrlct are now
due, amounting to Sl2, so. II, including
the architects commission, and there be-
ing in the treasury balance in favor OF
the building fund OF about 81, $50, and 1t
is necessary that loan be effected for the
balance still due, that the committee be
authorized to make the said necessary loan
to discharge the debt in full. A resolution
covering this WAS adopted, and the report
a. a whole was then adopted.
THE COMMITTEE On SALARIES
reported scale of salaries to lie paid the
teachers and janitOrs for the ensuing
800. Vv;tb tha a~nanfin,, nj ,,pyeral smell
changes in the wages OF one or two lanl-
tors, the salaries all stand the same ~ last
year. The report recommended that the
salaries OF teachers, who have taught less
than ten months, be thirty dollars per
month. The report was adopted in full.
The Committee on German Language
submitted it's annual report. which stated
that in compliance with the Rules and
Regulations, the Committee had visited
the schools and noted with pleasure the
progress made by the pupils in the Ger
man department, under the skilltul and
efficient instructions of the teachers. The
appointment of the following teachers
was recommended: Louisa 4. Neame,
First and Seventh wards; Lena Riegel,
Second and Third; Mrs. p. A. Bsrtschy
FOuElu anu u num- Auua LooStL, plAtu dut
Eighth.
The Committee on Public Library rec
commended the payment OF bills amounting
to $237 10 which were ordered paid. The re-
port also recommended that PUck, ,IHdgeand
The ChatduquaH be added to the Library,
which was adopted. The recommendation
that the Library he closed at 7:30 p. m.
during the months of July and August,
created som discussion, an amendment
being presented 10 clese at 6 O'Clock instead
of 100. This was voted down and the
original recommendation with the amend
ment that the Library b. closed at 80 on
all days but Saturday, was adopted.
THE SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.
Superintendent Anderson's monthly Tt
mort was filed, from which was taken the
fnlinwinO abstract.